山松甲蟲
山松甲蟲![]() | |
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遭山松甲蟲侵害的森林,科羅拉多州布雷肯里奇 | |
科學分類 ![]() | |
界: | 動物界 Animalia |
門: | 節肢動物門 Arthropoda |
綱: | 昆蟲綱 Insecta |
目: | 鞘翅目 Coleoptera |
科: | 象鼻蟲科 Curculionidae |
屬: | 大小蠹屬 Dendroctonus |
種: | 山松甲蟲 D. ponderosae
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Dendroctonus ponderosae (Hopkins, 1902)
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山松甲蟲(學名:Dendroctonus ponderosae,英語:mountain pine beetle)是大小蠹屬下的一種樹皮甲蟲,原產於墨西哥到英屬哥倫比亞中部的北美地區,是這些地區最嚴重的植物害蟲之一[1]。
它體長雖然只有5毫米,但卻能造成大規模的植物死亡。美國落基山國家公園自1996年開始就飽受它的困擾,有上百萬英畝的植物被其啃噬至死。[2]
山松甲蟲寄生的植物包括北美黃松、美國白皮松、扭葉松、歐洲赤松、加拿大短葉松等多種松屬植物[3]。
參考文獻
- ^ Petit, Charles. In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It. The New York Times. 2007-01-30 [2009-02-09]. (原始內容存檔於2016-10-09).
- ^ Bob Ward: Colorado Wildfires Are Linked to Global Warming. Huffingtonpost.com. 2013-06-19 [2014-02-14]. (原始內容存檔於2014-02-22).
- ^ Erbilgin, Nadir; Ma, Cary; Whitehouse, Caroline; Shan, Bin; Najar, Ahmed; Evenden, Maya. Chemical similarity between historical and novel host plants promotes range and host expansion of the mountain pine beetle in a naïve host ecosystem. New Phytologist. 30 October 2013, 201 (3): 940–50. PMID 24400902. doi:10.1111/nph.12573.
外部連接
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維基物種上的相關資訊:Mountain pine beetle
- Canada's Forests Beetle Attack - The Economist (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- Deaths of trees 'catastrophic' - Rocky Mountain News (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- Washington Post article: 'Rapid Warming' Spreads Havoc in Canada's Forests (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Library - Bibliography of Mountain Pine Beetle Publications
- British Columbia Forestry Ministry - Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan, information and FAQ
- British Columbia Ministry of the Environment Mountain Pine Beetle FAQ
- Provincial aerial survey of MPB 2006
- Canadian Forest Service (CFS) Graph and Table showing Mountain Pine Beetle data
- The TRIA Project: Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics
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